Control of the K3 through he IPhone? Na, what you want is a cell phone
option for the K3. Just think if it, you could accept / receive cell
calls through the K3 and probably even do on-board phone patching.
- Keith N1AS -
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Is it a noisy pot? If you spin the RF gain knob back forth a bunch of
times, then try your experiment again, does it give the same results?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Small box, big price. Before I bought that, I'd look at what was
available from American Musical Supply, Musicians Friend, or Sweetwater
Sound.
www.americanmusical.com
www.musiciansfriend.com
www.sweetwater.com
Search for headphone amplifier or headphone distribution.
... assuming you in the
rant on
Behringer - They really bug me. Sorry to say it, but I do. They bug me
because they have a history of stealing other people's designs (Mackie,
DBX) and producing them very cheaply in China. Or at least that is the
way things appear and there is a history of law suits which suggests
-Original Message-
From: Steve, NN4X
That is something which I keep very much in mind with radios like the
Flex, and the idea of PC-dominated radios in general - really, you're
always potentially one Windows update away from breaking the rig. If
the company goes out of business, or
Years ago, (while living in southern CA) I painted my 5BTV with light
gray paint to make it blend in better. Unfortunately the paint was
somewhat conductive so the antenna didn't' work right after that, but it
sure did blend in with the sky a lot better :-)
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
So, how easy is it to build the K2? So easy, you can do it when you're
too sick to go to work :-)
I'm not a kit builder. I built my K2 because I couldn't afford to pay
to have it done. I bought the pre-wound toroids and recommend them
highly. I also bought the unPCB kit which actually made
Ah, yes. I had a Drake 2B a couple of years ago. What a wonderful receiver -
great smooth tone. Mine was in very good condition and was working quite well,
but as good as it was, it was a far cry from the K2 for filtering.
On strong CW signals, the 2B was quite nice to use. Turn RF gain
I agree that 200 watts inside the K3 isn't a good idea (heat) but having
an external (300-400 watt?) amp that could be driven by 10 watts of
input (key point here!) would be sweet!
This amp could be used by all the Elecraft rigs, not just the K3. For
contests turn it up to the low power limit
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Matt, W8ESE, wrote:
a external 200-400 watt amp is a fairly trivial design, if you want one
order some parts and get building. You could do this with a couple 813's
for pretty low cost, or solid state for a bit more money.
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Not a bad idea, but it wouldn't be a kit. Until the K3, Elecraft was a
kit company and most of us would expect a KPA-10,000 (or whatever) to be
a kit.
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- K3 711 -
-Original Message-
I wonder if Elecraft has ever considered doing an OEM deal with another
amp maker? SPE,
I'm interested in getting more TX energy out of my K3/10. The first
option, of course, is to put in the Elecraft 100 watt PA, but I wonder.
Tokyo HiPower has an amp that will give 100 or so watts with 10 in.
Will it run smooth QSK like the Elecraft 100 watt PA? Are there other
cost effective
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From: David Ferrington, M0XDF [mailto:m0...@alphadene.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:10 PM
To: Darwin, Keith
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Amp choices for QRP K3?
Why would you want to do that?
Surely the KPA3, with all it's integrated
To me the K3 is pretty simple. I turn it on and use it. If I want to
change things I can but I pretty much don't. I just turn it on and
operate. It's like a modern HW-101 for me, just as simple as can be.
Now, as to promised features vs. fixes, this is a tough call. If the
features had not
-Original Message-
From: Mike Scott
AGC THR=2 causes the AGC to engage sooner, in effect this sounds to the
ear like turning down the RF gain reducing background noise. Reduced RF
gain always helps when the signal is strong enough.
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Actually, I think it is
I've always thought it was called cooling or solidifying.
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- K3 711 -
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When ice freezes, it is called frozen. When glue hardens, it dries, and
concrete cures. What is it called when solder becomes solid again after
being in the liquid state.
I've stayed out of this thread and have only skimmed it but I'll weigh
in a bit now.
I have very good hearing. I listen to my K3 using high fidelity
headphones only - I never use the speaker. I operate CW only.
My rig sounds very good. I do have the Radio Shack level control
in-line with my
The first time I hooked up 2 rigs like this and listened I was
absolutely amazed at how differently they sounded. I've since done this
with several different rigs:
TS-830s,
IC-735,
Omni V,
Drake R-4A
Drake 2B
K1
K2
After all the testing I ended up with 1 rig - the K2. That has since
been
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We ... have other fish to fry. :-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
Elecraft
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Oooo, I love fish. This sounds promising.
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Here's my technique:
1. Connect both rigs to the same antenna, through some sort of
(jury-rigged) Y arrangement.
2. Feed the speaker outputs from both rigs into separate inputs on my
Behringer or Mackie mixer.
3. Set rig's AF gains to about 1/2 way point to improve AF S/N ratio.
4. Trim the
Oh, that is tooo funny. I've had 3 labs. It's a good thing God made them cute
because they sure are stupid! (said in loving jest).
Actually, you might have been better off if she HAD swallowed it. Dogs don't
chew. You could have just waited a day or so and retrieved it from the yard
and it
When I sold my K2/100 with the SSB board and the Yaesu knob one year
ago, I think I got around $850 to $900. Mine was in pristine condition
with all boxes / paperwork and included a custom felt embroidered dust
cover. It was 2 yrs old, SN 4000-something.
Value of used things can be tough to
A lot of guys here at work have the Bose NC headphones to try to cancel
out nearby office noise. I suspect they work OK in that application and
no better.
Doesn't Bose have a liberal return policy? You could answer your own
question by ordering a pair and seeing if they work for you. If not,
Are you running lots lots of compression / speech processing? You may
be picking up the room reverberations. Do you hold the mic very close
to your mouth or are you back several inches?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
Hi all,
I have been made aware of a reverb on my SSB audio... and
I can
A few years ago, I was really on the 5/8 vertical bandwagon. I thought it was
the cat's meow. The problem was that real world A/B testing did NOT show it to
be any better than a 1/4 wave vert.
I had a 5/8 wave vert for 15 meters. Ground mounted over 16 radials. An ATU
at the base took care
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... the K3 is a All in one rig with top of line features.
The K2 was the former one.
But I can make a qrp rig for $770 K2 kit instead of $1400 K3 semi-kit
and I am an electrical engineer.
Is there any good reason to go to the K3?
VE3GYV John
As much as I love my K3, I'll admit that the K2 sounded better. The
difference wasn't big and I may be off-base, having not done a direct
A/B comparison, but I think the K2, with its simpler RX architecture,
has a smoother sound than the K3. Not enough for me to stay with the
K2, but enough that
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From: w...@comcast.net
I don't think we even want to go here, Eric, PLEASE stop this thread
immediately
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Why? I think it is an interesting question. I suspect that increasing
the input voltage will either have no effect or will cause
It was exciting, years ago, when I upgraded to General (at the FCC
office) and was a lot of work to get Advanced, but I found Extra to be
rather anti-climatic. After passing the Advanced written test, I found
the Extra written to be somewhat unchallenging. While waiting for the
Advanced test to
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Still, these days, I spend most of my time in the General portion of
the CW subband.
That statement by Keith says a lot. Sure we studied and earned the
privilige for the extra slice of spectrum. But very little do I operate
in the EXTRA ONLY portions of the band.
Is the radio completely dead as if there is now power applied?
PSU is generating power, but is it reaching the rig? Did the power
cable wiggle itself loose?
Is a fuse blown?
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- SKCC 344c -
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
There was some big DX contest this weekend. I played in it for about 30
minutes with my K3 and my bugs. Fun. By the end of my time on the air,
my small want for a 200 Hz filter had been upgraded to the next thing
I buy.
You too?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
Interesting. I had the opposite experience.
I was on 40 meters yesterday afternoon for about 30 minutes. Signals
were all pretty strong as Europe is just across the pond from my QTH. I
did a lot of listening, comparing 1.1 KHz with 1.0 KHz and 550 Hz with
500 Hz. The difference of course, is
Ah, yes, Dave, that would make a difference. Enough of a difference
that you and I are *almost* running different rigs :-)
With AGC off, and AF gain up, I assume you ride the RF gain in response
to RX signal strength. Cut RF gain for a strong one and boost it a bit
for a weak signal, right?
If
Having 1/4 to 1/2 second recovery time does not sound like AGC-F. By
chance, did you have the CW text decode feature engaged? Did you have
NR engaged?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
I'm at work and don't have time to check any of this ... But I was under
the impression that it was not this way. Signals outside of the DSP
passband but inside the roofing filter passband would activate the DSP.
So, with a 2 KHz roofing filter and a 200 Hz DSP, you'd have very few
signals being
The K3's performance clearly exceeds its price (check it out, two
possessives in once sentence and only 1 has an apostrophe) and I believe
it is a contender for greatest rig ever or at least very noteworthy
in the historical radio timeline.
How long do you think we have to wait before folks
Message-
From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:w3...@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:13 AM
To: Darwin, Keith
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig
of all time?
Kieth,
My vote is for the KWM2 because it brought the concept
Yes, but this isn't about the best performing rig. The KWM-2 certainly
had limits and deficiencies (cost being one of them), yet it left a mark
on ham radio that continues to this day.
I'm suggesting that the K3 is in a similar class, not that it is
redefining the form of rigs, but is redefining
Ah, I think you're just describing SSB. It makes everyone sound like
Donald Duck.
OK, joking aside, I remember with my K2, there was a LOT of change in
sound that happened during filter alignment. If the alignment
parameters were off by just a bit the SSB audio would be dark muffled
or thin
I tried to listen to the AM Broadcast band on my K3. I got basically
nothing. I'm assuming I'd need the general coverage bandpass filter
module. Does this module degrade RX performance in the ham bands? I
assume so.
OK, that's 2 assumptions. How am I doing?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
I use AA cells in my camera flashes. I would not dream of using
alkalines due to cost filling land fills. I'm using Sanyo Eneloop
cells. Have you looked into these? I got mine through Amazon and
they're fairly inexpensive.
Thanks for the tests!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
I'm right handed and send left handed with right handed paddles. I sent
right handed with a bug and straight key. I've tried left handed with
the bug and it was no problem. Right handed with paddles is no problem.
I've tried left handed with a straight key and I sound like I'm drunk
:-)
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From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I think we've squeezed all the pertinent info out of it ;-)
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Right - topic's covered, nothing left. Yet, on the other hand ...
Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I'll return to being a good
I think it is a good idea. I don't use CWT / auto-spot much and you've
just made me realize my reason. Once I call CQ and someone answers, I
don't change my TX freq and the auto tune feature does just that.
Instead, I make sure CWT is off and use the spot tone to tune the guy in
with RIT.
The
From time to time, my home computer system experiences real slow
internet access. If I shut down the machines, then shutdown and restart
the router DSL modem, the speed returns.
Resetting the network hardware can work wonders!
I also notice a lot less issues with this since I went to a mac.
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NR in the K3 is a tool that primarily turns the volume down. Well, in
all fairness, it does so selectively, turning down the noise more than
the signal, but it does result in a reduction in signal even though the
S/N ratio gets better. I'm thinking at 100 hz, there is so little noise
for NR to
In addition to risk and complexity, there are other factors that can
have a bearing on what one would do next
This list is a tremendous source of new ideas. Some of them are new
novel and you want to stay open to those. Another factor is experience.
The more we use our K3s the more we learn
12 meters? There is a 12 meter band? I thought ham was only 40 and 80
CW. Oh, and 30 on contest weekends.
Wow!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jon K Hellan
60m: 5260-5410 -
Call me dense, but I'm not understanding why one would expect that
turning AGC off would NOT result in a huge jump in AF output.
AGC turns down RX gain - a lot. The only time there should be no change
in AF output is when the RF input is so low that it hasn't reached the
AGC threshold.
Maybe
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It occurred to me also that this anonymous review may have been posted
by a competitor...
73, Dick WC1M
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I'm more inclined to think it was posted by a competitor's fan boy. I
don't see TenTec doing anything like this, and I don't see why
What is this output? Is it a source or sync? It it a switched 5V logic
level or is it a relay closure line that switches from open to short?
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- K3 711 -
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You must be a
So I could use it to drive my practice oscillator, ea ? Is it active
when the rig is in TX Test mode?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
From: Mel Farrer [mailto:farrerfo...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:05 PM
To: Darwin, Keith
Subject: Re
There we go, now I get it! That is what I was assuming but there was
enough doubt in my brain that I wasn't sure.
Tnx 73!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
From: Dave Gilbert [mailto:d...@ab7e.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:47 PM
To: Darwin, Keith
-Original Message-
I am puzzled about why you would want to connect your code practice
oscillator to this output. If you want code practice, just put the K3
into TX TEST and you will hear sidetone from the K3 as you key it - no
need for the external oscillator - but of course, if you
-
From: Tom Hammond [mailto:n...@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:55 PM
To: Darwin, Keith
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Silly question - what is KEY OUT?
So I could use it to drive my practice oscillator, ea ? Is it
active when the rig is in TX Test mode
are easy enough to measure with my DVM
Looks like 10 ma max current, but what is the max voltage?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
-Original Message-
From: K2MK [mailto:k...@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:51 PM
To: Darwin, Keith; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Silly
You know Ron, it is actually ironic. I too have been reducing AF gain
on my rigs for years but I find I do it more now than I used to and I
think I know why.
A few years ago I all but abandoned the keyer in favor of the straight
key and bug. I'm back to manually generating CW and this manual
It seems to me with all the feature requests people are looking
for a custom radio and wanting the rig to do everything for them.
... If you don't want to hear the band between characters why are
you working QSK? Why request a feature that could cause serious
problems down the road.
So,
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Isn't this just a matter of setting the monitor sidetone as loud as the
AF audio from the signals you are listening to? The MON control is on
the front panel, just for that reason.
73, Guy.
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I have MON set to match the AF RX level. That
Really? I always try to tune CW by ear and I'm amazed at just how far
off I am once I check it against the spot tone. I never get it right
without some help.
I suspect I'm not alone.
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
one's preferred sidetone pitch is likewise
3:57 PM
To: Darwin, Keith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW ZERO-BEATING WITHOUT BUTTON PUSHES
Keith:
The trick I've used for decades is to set the sidetone just a bit louder
than
those signals I'm listening to. Then, when I zero the received signal,
I tune
it in to the point
Hey troops,
I had an idea last night while in CW QSO with my K3. I've noticed that
I always turn the AF gain down when I send CW. I have the side tone
volume set to just the right level for the Spot function to work, but
when I send CW I want to greatly reduce the distraction from the
Ducking is a commercial radio / sound industry technique of attenuating
the music when the DJ talks. In the old days, the DJ at the radio
station would just pan down the music volume whenever he spoke into the
mic. These days, recording studios will use a compressor with a
separate trigger (side
Individually numbering each menu item could prove to be awkward. If you assign
numbers 1 through 'n' now, what happens when you insert something later? It
gets number n+1 but it may appear out of numeric order as you surf through the
menu system. Same thing happens if you move an item
No, the manual way to achieve this effect is to turn down the AF gain
while you're transmitting. Sidetone is still there nice loud but the
RX audio that you hear between elements is reduced. When you're done
sending, you reach for the AF gain and turn it back up to the normal
listening level.
.
I'm thinking I may give it a try with my external compressor. I *think*
I can get it all hooked up. We'll see.
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
-Original Message-
From: N2TK [mailto:tony@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:55 PM
To: 'wayne burdick'; Darwin, Keith
Cc: 'Elecraft
Yes, it is to manage the din when operating full break-in mode!
I use QSK because my CW timing gets messed up by semi break-in. I find
myself waiting for the RX to open back up before I send the next word or
trying to rush things to prevent the change over.
I also send with bugs or straight
If I manually turn the RF gain down, then I've made it so only the loud
stations are loud to me. Quiet stations (and the band noise) are all
but gone. When a loud station appears, I hear them well. When loud QRM
appears, I hear it well too which is exactly what I want to avoid.
A similar issue
I'm confused. Which key jack are you plugging into?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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Out of the blue, the external keyer input to the K3 produces mushy dits
at higher speeds.
73 de Brian/K3KO
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connected to paddle input for
internal keyer.
73 de Brian/K3KO
Darwin, Keith wrote:
I'm confused. Which key jack are you plugging into?
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I replaced my K2/100 with a K3/10. So far I am enjoying the new RX /
features much more than I miss the 100 watts. In other words, I'm
having such a ball with the rig (those rare times I actually get on the
air) that I haven't missed the TX power. During NA, I worked CA on 40m
with my vertical.
-Original Message-
And - remember you can set the filter to engage at a different DSP
width. Alternatively you might want the roofer to engage later.
Buck - k4ia - K3# 101
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Yes, one of the games I wanted to play is to delay the 1000 Hz filter
until maybe 500
I recently added this filter to my K3 to go with the 2.7 KHz and 500 Hz
filters it already has. These are roofing filters so there is a
question of whether or not they're needed - or even if they make a
difference you can hear.
I've spent time tuning the bands (mostly 40) with my filter width
IIRC, holding the button brings up the Notch Edit mode where you get to
pick the manual freq.
Having a user interface that is modal can be very frustrating. If a
button does one thing at one time and another some time later it can
represent a moving target for learning and leave people confused.
So THAT's why there was RTTY all over the CW portion of 40 meters.
Contests - gotta love 'em LOL
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
I just about cleared a thousand Qs this weekend in the RU in only 17
hours of on-the-air time.
Maybe I'm strange (OK, no maybe about it) but I don't see the attraction
of good speakers for the K3. I use headphones all the time and they
sound fabulous. Every time I switch back to speakers I find I can't
hear signals or copy them as easily.
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
I think the theory is that the atmospheric noise is below the receiver's
detection level so the noise you hear is generated inside the rig. Add a
preamp and both the antenna noise and signal come up by the same amount
bringing the antenna noise up to the detection floor and boosting the
signal at
Colin
First, my sincere condolences for your loss. Well, to be honest, I
found it terribly funny. You wife is a wonderfully clever woman. Hold
on to her.
I bet you're suddenly reeaaay looking forward to Christmas :-)
LOL!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
Sorry Will, you lost me on this. Are you saying with the DSP bandwidth
set to 2 KHz, you can hear splatter from S-9+ stations that are 4 KHz
above or below your frequency? Or are you saying you can easily copy
signals that are over 4 KHz wide when you tune them in?
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
I think it is a good idea. In fact, I suggested the same thing for the
K2 before there was a K3 (in those pre-K3, or B3 days). Elecraft could
create a new version of the K2 (K2-B, B for Big) with a larger front
panel with dedicated controls. Same for the K3.
I think it would be an easy thing
Are you asking about RX audio, TX audio or both? SSB, AM, FM, or (for
RX) CW?
For CW, I find the K3 to be the 3rd best audio I've ever had. The Drake
2B and K1 both had smoother sweeter sounding CW tones but their AGC left
a lot to be desired. The K2 was 3rd in line with good sounding CW and
Uh, actually, I don't think that is the best. Feeding the rigs through
a stereo amp to stereo speakers will certainly give you more frequency
response and may smooth the midrange some, but it will also give you
much more high freq noise and low freq rumble. It may make signals
harder to copy
When you switch from CW to SSB are you also changing frequencies from
the CW subband to the SSB subband? If so, repeat your test on the same
frequency.
My simple world view makes this one easy to solve. Stay on CW :-)
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
From: [EMAIL
Sorry to hear of your vision issues Marinus.
CW - I believe CW will be around for a long time to come. We don't do
CW because it is the best way to get a message through but because it is
the most fun way to get a message through. If ham radio becomes SSB and
Digital only, I'll QRT.
The SSB
K2 is a GREAT radio. Yes, the SN is a sticker on the lower right side
of the back panel. It is possible that the sticker is still in the box
of stuff you got with the rig. Take a look. Also, look at the owner's
manual to see if the SN was written in there. If not, contact Elecraft.
They can
About 15 yrs ago, I traveled up into the mountains in CA with my TenTec
Argonaut for a one man FD operation. I arrived a bit before the start
of the event and noticed the hillside across the valley from me was
burning. I placed a help needed here call and finally got a person in
the area. I
A poor man's way of doing that would be to take a feed from the speaker
or headphone output. That will have both RX and TX parts. Just don't
play with the volume control during recording :-)
73!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Morrison
Since I don't plan on hanging off the side of the tower to operate my
station, isn't it more prudent to tune the entire system, flaws,
feedline and all if my main concern is what SWR my
Just a word of Thanks to Charles. I enjoyed reading the informal A/B/C
test results. It took me a while to figure out what 9, 3, and 1 meant
but I got it!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Harpole
SSB
Ya know, I don't by the movement counting that I sometimes see posted
regarding single lever vs. iambic keying. Do we count muscle movement
or joint movement? Is it one motion to squeeze or two? Do we count
close and open motions or only closing motions? There is a lot of gray
and
From the registry? What about in Windows XP? The serial object that is
fairly new in XP (part of SP2 I believe) has a method you can call to
get a list of ports. Does this object method simply do the same
RegKey lookup that the K3 Utility is doing? I'm thinking the registry
is on it's way out
A lot of people talk about how difficult squeeze keying is to learn. I
sure don't want to lessen their position, but I confess I find it
baffling. To me squeeze keying is very natural and intuitive. I went
from a straight key to a keyer years ago without learning a bug or
cootie key. Maybe
If the price is in the $2000 range then it is competition for the K3.
Will it out perform a K3? Probably not, but for a lot of buyers getting
a full featured, well advertised rig from Ikensu just feels a lot safer
than getting something from a smaller company. True performance only
matters to
I tried to do the same thing with the K2. I wired up a parallel
junction box and plugged my paddles, straight key and bug into the box
with one line going to the rig. I used diodes in the box as recommended
to allow the manual keys to work with the K2's keyer. It worked but
wasn't reliable as
Pretty subjective, ea? Yes, the K3 is the best performer, but I wonder
if it is really the most bang for the buck. Is it the best deal? Does
it deliver the most fun per dollar?
I'm actually thinking the award goes to the K2/10. You get to build it
(really build it) and it's performance is
I too am concerned about the erosion of English, but build as a noun
does not bother me (or Webster for that matter).
Got really bothers me. The worst is American's Got Talent. Sheesh,
gimme a break. It should be America has talent. America may have
talent, but with a title like that, it
I did the same as Don, but with CD players and power amps. I figured
they were all the same and the high priced stuff was just over priced.
Then I did something dangerous. I actually listened to good gear and
compared it head to head with the great gear. I found out in a hurry
that I was dead
-Original Message-
Actually, using
2 knobs makes me feel more like a real ham radio operator since I'm
actually using 2 knobs plus my brain to make an adjustment LOL!
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
Well, Keith... the next thing you will be telling me is you prefer a
straight key or bug
-Original Message from Drew, AF2Z -
Why would you want to vary the signal pitch? Because a different pitch
can provide better copy under different reception condtions. But it's
pretty hard to tell what that optimum pitch might be without listening
to the signal as you adjust it, right?
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